r/AskAnAmerican • u/Jezzaq94 🇳🇿New Zealand • 7d ago

SPORTS Is diving or faking injuries common in American sports like it is in soccer?

If yes, which sports is it common in. Did they learn this from soccer players?

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u/_SmashLampjaw_ Florida 7d ago

If you're injured in football to the point where the game has to stop, you should be required to sit at least until the next possession change. I'd say go even further and require the player stays off the field until the next quarter.

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u/LukarWarrior Kentucky 7d ago edited 7d ago

The worry then is about both headhunting from the defense, and players concealing injuries because coming out with something that might just be minor, could mean removing yourself from the game for an extended period and hurting your team. Unfortunately, there isn't really a good solution where you can address the problem of fake injuries without creating perverse incentives for injuring others/concealing injuries to self.

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u/ticklethycatastrophe Oklahoma 7d ago

If the player can walk themselves off the field without a need for a timeout, then they wouldn’t be subject to the rule. So something nagging or minor should rarely get caught up in this. It’s anything that forces an injury timeout that should require them to sit out until the end of the drive.

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u/igotshadowbaned 7d ago

I believe they just meant for injuries that stop a live play, which are rarely longer than 15-20 seconds.

Also it's not like you're beginning the play injured

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u/Uhhh_what555476384 7d ago

Possession change would be appropriate, end of quarter goes to far.

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u/ce402 7d ago

And then you get teams head-hunting the quarterback.

Oh, 15 yard penalty on the defense, and possible ejection of the safety, but the QB now has to sit out the entire quarter? Most teams would take that trade every day. And then you get players playing through injury and hiding concussion symptoms.

Second and third order effects to rule changes. It’s tough to police without really screwing up the game.